For a moment, Xu Tingyu suspected that this was exactly what he had in mind from the start.
But she wasn't sure, so she took another look at him.
Who would have thought that when this man saw she still refused to sign, he actually got angry.
He directly picked her up and flipped her over, pinning her waist down on the desk.
Then he leaned over her.
His whole body exuded a cold aura, but his hands were setting fires all over her body.
She quickly raised her hands in surrender. "I'll sign. I'll sign right now."
The man didn't say a word. He just waited for her to grab the pen and paper, revise the guarantee, and sign her name.
Then, in front of her, he put the guarantee into the safe.
She thought this "ordeal" was over.
Who would have thought he'd come back again and pin her down once more.
The moment he pressed against her, Xu Tingyu felt like she was going crazy. "I've got something to do today. Didn't I already sign the guarantee..."
Actually, she had nothing to do. She just couldn't bear this endless entanglement.
Qi Shifeng didn't seem to care. He grabbed her waist and lifted her up a bit.
"I just said I'd forgive you if you wrote the guarantee. I never said I wouldn't touch you."
His voice was extremely gentle, but it sent shivers down her spine.
After all, a man like him was more like a sharp knife.
At any moment, she felt like the fish on the chopping block.
In the end, Xu Tingyu couldn't resist his hands.
The bath she'd just taken was in vain, and there was no way she could go out now.
When she was carried back to the bedroom, her bones were weak and her hair was in disarray.
Although Qi Shifeng was cruel to her, he was also really overly infatuated with her body.
Maybe that was one of the reasons he was dragging his feet on the divorce.
But Xu Tingyu was too tired to think deeply. She was extremely sleepy. After being placed on the bed, she curled up under the covers and fell into a deep sleep.
When she woke up again, it was already evening.
This time, Qi Shifeng wasn't by her side.
The room had been tidied up, and there was a new phone on the bedside table.
The phone card was already installed.
She immediately changed her clothes and rushed out of the door without even putting on makeup.
Two hours ago, Chen Chunyao had sent her a message, asking to meet her at their old haunt. She said there was something urgent.
It was about the bankruptcy of the Xu family.
Xie Yu might use this to lure her into a meeting and say all sorts of nonsense. But Chen Chunyao wouldn't.
And that was indeed the case.
Chen Chunyao pulled her into a private room. First, she asked about the whip wounds on her body.
After making sure she was okay, she handed over a stack of photos.
"My friend who's an entertainment journalist accidentally took these."
In the photos, at the entrance of a restaurant, a group of people were walking in.
Just from a back view, Xu Tingyu could tell that two of them were Xie Yu and Qi Shifeng.
There were also photos taken after they entered the private room.
"This is Cai Lan."
Chen Chunyao pointed at a person in the photo, frowning.
Xu Tingyu frowned too.
Since these were secretly taken photos, the image quality wasn't very good.
But Xu Tingyu could clearly see that Cai Lan had a very humble attitude in front of Qi Shifeng.
"How did you get these photos?"
After thinking for a while, she still asked the reason.
Only by making sure of this could she trace things back.
Chen Chunyao sat back down and let out a soft sigh. "Well, it's quite a coincidence. Do you remember the time I had a rumored affair with an actor from the same crew?"
It turned out that this entertainment journalist and Chen Chunyao had become acquainted after a confrontation.
Once, after a shoot, she was invited to dinner by a male actor from the same crew.
It was originally said that the whole creative team would go, but when she got there, she found that it was just her and this male actor.
The male actor had prepared some little surprises and expressed his feelings for her.
But to be honest, he wasn't her type at all.
She refused him right away. But since they were colleagues, she agreed to stay and finish the meal.
As it turned out, this meal caused trouble.
It was captured by this entertainment journalist, or paparazzi. It made the news that very night.
At that time, Chen Chunyao was scolded mercilessly by the male actor's fans, and he didn't even bother to come out and explain.
It seemed like Chen Chunyao was deliberately trying to gain popularity by getting involved with him.
In the end, Xu Tingyu was so angry that she accompanied Chen Chunyao to find the actor. After a big fight, they forced him to issue a statement.
He said that he and Chen Chunyao were just colleagues and hoped that the fans wouldn't spread rumors.
Later, Chen Chunyao went to this paparazzi to ask for the photos. She asked him why he didn't report the whole story. After all, she was the victim.
The paparazzi later told the truth. The male actor's company had paid him.
It was implied that it was all a publicity stunt.
Without thinking, Chen Chunyao said that she wanted half of the money. After all, she had suffered, so she should get a share of the money too.
This paparazzi had never seen a celebrity like this before. He thought it was quite interesting.
Over time, they became good friends.
A few days ago, they ran into each other at an event and went for a meal together.
While chatting, somehow they started talking about the banning of Xie Shu.
Naturally, the conversation turned to the Qi Group and the Xu family.
The paparazzi hesitated for a long time but finally told her that he had taken photos of them.
Since Xu Tingyu had told Chen Chunyao about this before, she took it seriously and asked him to send the photos to her.
"I think the timing is quite delicate. It was half a year before your family's downfall. They were in contact that early."
As Chen Chunyao was speaking, she was observing Xu Tingyu's expression.
"Yeah, but even if they met, it doesn't prove anything. There's no evidence that Qi Shifeng is involved in this."
Xu Tingyu's finger was on the photo, unconsciously rubbing back and forth.
She had known for a long time that Cai Lan had a connection with Qi Shifeng.
She had also asked Secretary Qian to look into it.
But after all the investigation, all they could find was that Cai Lan had snatched a lot of the Xu family's business.
Other than that, they couldn't find out anything else.
But this didn't prove much.
Chen Chunyao naturally understood this too. She let out a soft sigh and asked her, "So how are you and President Qi lately? Are you still getting a divorce?"
Xu Tingyu shook her head. "We can't get divorced for now. He's afraid it will affect the company's stock price."
"Maybe it's not that he's afraid of affecting the stock price. Maybe he's afraid of losing you?"
"Recently, the news that he's soft-banned Xie Shu has spread in the industry. Everyone says it's because she offended your sister-in-law, but I don't think so."
Chen Chunyao gave her a very ambiguous smile.
Xu Tingyu was a bit absent-minded, but she quickly smiled too. "It might be, but not entirely. Xie Shu has no brains. If she got too far, she might drag others down."
Although she hadn't asked Qi Shifeng about this, it wasn't hard to guess that Xie Shu's words had reached his ears.
Xie Shu was too arrogant. She not only had a huge fight with Qi Ruixi but also insulted Qi Ye several times.
No matter how bad the relationship was between the Qi siblings, it wasn't up to an outsider like her to interfere.
If someone with ulterior motives used this to make a fuss, it might even drag Xie Yu down.